Topic: A New Song
Text: Luke 7:11-15

Today is the last day of the year . A few hours from now, a new year will be heralded in by shouts of Happy New Year!’ How best can we spend this day than by singing songs of praise unto God for His mercies? Today, I feel like singing a new song. I feel like erupting into rapturous singing. You may wonder why you must sing when you seem not to have witnessed the total fulfillment of your dreams for this year. You have lots of reasons to sing a new song unto the Lord. God has brought you this far.

The future is in His hands. You will sing a new song when God opens your eyes spiritually. When you receive the touch of the Holy Spirit, you will sing a new song. The Lord will turn your captivity so that you will have a new song. Psalms 126:1 says: “When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing.” When the children of Israel got to the Red Sea there was no way forward. When they saw Pharaoh and his soldiers behind them, they became dejected and quarried Moses. However, the Almighty God who had decided to have mercy on them showed up and divided the Red Sea for them to pass. He destroyed their enemies. By the next morning, they had a new song (Exodus 15).

When David escaped from Saul and all his enemies, a new song came into his mouth, as recorded in Psalm 48. When God decides to have mercy on you, a new song will come into your mouth. Even in heaven, we shall sing new songs (Revelation 7:9-10, 11-12). There, we shall sing songs of ultimate victory. Do not worry about all the problems associated with the passing year. A new year is at the door.

This coming year is pregnant with spiritual and material blessings for you. However, you must not forget to learn from your past mistakes. Jesus is the only One you can trust. When there is a crisis in your life, you should not look unto anyone other than the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the only One who can stand by you as you face the challenges of the coming year.

Memory Verse: Psalms 48:1 - “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.”